Sahara Recruitment for Finance Manager
 Sahara is a dynamic and exciting place to work. If you enjoy early responsibility, a passion for challenges, innovative and ambitious, Sahara's growth and breath of opportunity and focus on personal development makes it an ideal place to develop your career. Job Title: Finance Manager Operating Company: Sahara Energy Resource Nigeria Limited Job Location: Lagos Expiry Date: 4/30/2010 Description • Oversee the preparation of financial reports, direct investment activities, and implement cash management strategies.Managers may also contribute to develop strategies and implement the long-term goals of their organization. • Direct the preparation of financial reports, such as income statements, balance sheets, and analyses of future earnings or expenses, that summarize and forecast the organization's financial position. • Oversee the investment of funds, manage associated risks, supervise cash management activities, execute capital-raising strategies to support a firm's expansion, and deal with mergers and acquisitions. • Oversee the firm's issuance of credit, establishing credit-rating criteria, determining credit ceilings, and monitoring the collections of past-due accounts. • Responsible for providing financial advice and support to clients and colleagues to enable them to make sound business decisions. • assessing the financial implications of new or existing ventures; conducting reviews and evaluations for cost-reduction opportunities • Liaising with a number of third parties including Auditors, Solicitors, and funding organisations. Introduce and improve management reporting information to better aid business decision making. • Responsible for all areas of the company's risk assessment process & internal audit programme, undertaking risk & financial control related projects, and various ad hoc work as required by the Group CFO. • Responsible for preparing special reports required by regulatory authorities. • Direct the organization's budgets to meet its financial goals. Additional Information • Professionally qualified accountant with a minimum of 10 years experience in accounting related functions with up-to-date financial accounting knowledge and a detailed understanding of the theory and practicalities of financial consolidations. • Adequate knowledge of various accounting standards (local & international) relevant to scope of company operations. • Adequate knowledge of relevant statue, professional pronouncement and ethical standards to ensure compliance with relevant statutory provisions at all times • Competent accounting and control skills related to project entities and special purpose companies. • Strong written and verbal communication skills. • Competent financial modeling skills in Excel. |